About Eric
Eric Goldberg brings a combined background in law and finance to work on legal problems that affect older adults and their families. He earned a B.S. from Cornell University in 1986 and a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1991. He is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey.
He began his legal career in the early 1990s as an associate handling real estate transactions and commercial litigation at Weisblum & Felice. A few years later he moved into the financial sector, serving as a proprietary risk arbitrage equities trader at ETG, LLC. That experience led to leadership roles in finance: in 2003 he was managing partner at Lynx Capital Partners, LLC, and in 2007 he became Senior Vice President and Head of East Coast Business Development at Chicago Deferred Exchange Company (CDEC). In 2009 he returned to elder law practice as counsel focused on asset preservation at Hauptman & Hauptman, P.C.
Goldberg’s professional credentials reflect his hybrid practice. He is a Certified Elder Law Lawyer through the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and a Certified Dementia Practitioner through the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners. He also holds a Life & Health Insurance Agent license from the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. Those qualifications inform work on Medicaid planning, long-term care financing, asset protection strategies, and the preparation of estate planning documents and powers of attorney.
He keeps an active presence in organizations that intersect law, health care and financial planning. His memberships include the Felician College Institute for Gerontology External Advisory Board, the Essex County Bar Association, Elder Counsel, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Financial Planning Association of New Jersey, the Health Care Association of New Jersey, the National Academy of Elder Law Lawyers, the Executive Association of New Jersey, the Morris County Chamber of Commerce, the National Elder Law Foundation, SuperLawyers, and The Long Term Living Association. Those affiliations connect him to both professional peers and community resources.
Colleagues and clients find that his practice benefits from hands-on experience in markets and transactions as well as in litigation. He approaches matters by assessing legal risk, financial exposure, and the practical needs of families facing aging and illness. He represents clients in planning to preserve income and savings, arranging long-term care funding, and managing transitions in care. He practices elder law and asset preservation in New Jersey and New York.
